Harper second-youngest to homer in opener

Summary of 10 articles · Updated Apr 2, 2013

Harper's second homer sailed a little to the right of that in the fourth inning. That first homer made Harper the fourth-youngest player to go deep in his team's first game. Washington Nationals left fielder Bryce Harper is the youngest major leaguer to h… (more)omer twice in his team's opening game of a season, delivering solo shots in his first two at-bats Monday. The Nationals are favored to win the National League East title and, on Monday, lived up to expectations on the first day of the regular season as right-hander Stephen Strasburg seven shutout innings and outfielder Bryce Harper two home runs helped Washington blank the Marlins, 2-0 , in front of 45,274 fans at Nationals Park. Yes, for the NL East champion Nationals - and their fans who lived through some tough times not that long ago - the present and future could hardly have looked brighter in a 2-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday, Game 1 of a season lame-duck manager Davey Johnson declared months ago should be defined as "World Series or bust."

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Bryce Harper homered in his first two at-bats, Stephen Strasburg retired 19 batters in a row at one stretch, and the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals opened the season with a 2-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday.

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Your browser does not support iframes. Bryce Harper got his first curtain call of 2013 from Washington Nationals fans - in the fourth inning on opening day. That's what happens when you hit home runs in your first two at-bats, as the 20-year-old Nats ph